The hard thing about when you're in the valley is that you can't climb out; somebody has to reach in and pull you out.
David Brooks
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- The lies our culture tells us about what matters — and a better way to live (TED2019); Complete 24-word sentence in official transcript. Brooks’s own metaphor for recovering connection with help from others; followed by his account of a welcoming household. Not one of the other writers quoted in the
- The lies our culture tells us about what matters — and a better way to live (TED2019)
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